The Power of One: Jonah

Objective

To raise an awareness of one’s surrounding, being able to see if someone is sad or struggling and caring enough to check on them, knowing you have God by your side who will help you as you help them.

Intro

Text

Genesis 40:1–8 LSB

1 Now it happened that after these things, the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt offended their lord, the king of Egypt. 2 And Pharaoh was furious with his two officials, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker. 3 So he put them in confinement in the house of the captain of the bodyguard, in the jail, the same place where Joseph was imprisoned. 4 And the captain of the bodyguard appointed Joseph as overseer over them, and he attended to them; and they were in confinement for some time. 5 Then the cupbearer and the baker for the king of Egypt, who were confined in jail, both had a dream the same night, each man with his own dream and each dream with its own interpretation. 6 Now Joseph came to them in the morning and saw them, and behold, they were dejected. 7 So he asked Pharaoh’s officials who were with him in confinement in his master’s house, saying, “Why are your faces so sad today?” 8 Then they said to him, “We have had a dream, and there is no one to interpret it.” Then Joseph said to them, “Do not interpretations belong to God? Recount it to me, please.”

Points

Attended (verse 4 and 7)

Dejected (verse 6)

Not alone (verse 8)

Attended

The word can also mean to serve.

Who did he serve?

two strangers

people of a different race and religion

people who were put into jail, not knowing the reason they were in there

they could have been dangerous

the word in verse 6 means to rage, boil

he could have been unsafe

what did he care more about?

Dejected

Summary

Invitation